LAKEVIEW — Saylor Antle is 16 and in her second year of taking college courses at Klamath Community College. She’s done it without leaving her hometown of Lakeview. The farthest she has to go is a three-minute walk from Lakeview High School to the Innovation and Learning Center around the corner….

LAKEVIEW — Most students are celebrating the end of their school year, but people behind Lake County’s Innovation and Learning Center will celebrate ongoing efforts to expand advanced learning opportunities Thursday.

The ceremonial grand opening for the Innovation & Learning Center, set for 4 p.m. Thursday at south wing auditorium at Daly Middle School in Lakeview, will feature a keynote talk by Dr. Nancy Golden, Oregon’s chief education officer…

The former middle school, was closed when seventh- and eighth-grade students were moved to the adjacent Lakeview High School, is being readied to serve as the Lakeview campus for the Western Regional Innovation Learning Center.

The new learning center is a cooperative project overseen by Sean Gallagher, Lake County School District No. 7 superintendent, and Dr. Roberto Gutierrez, Klamath Community College president, and is one of Gov. John Kitzhaber’s Oregon Solutions projects…

Thursday, Aug. 1 marked the final meeting between the dignitaries involved in writing the fine print for the Innovation and Learning Center, the new distance education program set to take place at the Daly Middle School.

The day-long meeting covered the solidification of the governance structure for the Innovation and Learning Center and refined the steps needed to take care of pre-planning for the grand opening event some time in November…